Man Goes Back On His Promise Of Contributing For His Son's Wedding, Gives The Most Ridiculous Reason For His Decision

"My wife and son both think I'm an a$$hole"

Maryjane

• Published in Interesting
• December 10, 2023

Finances are a scary subject, and no couple wants their special day to be marred by it. Nevertheless, couples with large families will eventually have to decide whether or not to include their parents in the wedding budget.

There are parents who cover the majority of the costs associated with the weddings of their kids. However, it's not always as simple as your parents covering all of the costs of your wedding without asking questions.

You might have to meet with your parents and request financial assistance for your wedding. Although discussing the budget may not be the most enjoyable talk, it doesn't have to be too stressful if you approach it with positivity.

You might not even need to have this conversation because almost one-third of parents initiate the topic of finances with their children shortly after they become engaged! The original poster of today's story promised all his kids that he would help them with wedding costs.

He helped two of his oldest kids but is refusing to help his third. His reason is that his son is getting married to an insufferable woman.

OP says that she's too egoistic, and he doesn't like her at all, so he wants to keep the money for his daughter's education. The OP's'sife wants him to give it to their son, but the OP has decided to save it for his daughter.

They weren't happy about this, and you can read the full story below.

And here's the headline

OP thinks it would be good for her and help her get into a better college

The Reddit post got more than a thousand comments and here are a bunch of them

Why make a promise and break it?

Don't make promises you can't keep

The OP sounds so insufferable

Why should the son be treated any differently?

This Redditor is analyzing the whole situation

If her future is so important... why weren't you saving up before now? Why use the wedding funds intended for Child 3 for Child 4's education? And that seems fair to you?

Don't be surprised when they go no contact and you don't get to meet the grandchildren. You made a promise. Apparently her future is only important when you can use it as an excuse to withhold something from child 3.

Their relationship will never be the same after this stunt

OP doesn't value his son as much as his other children

The sky calling the ocean blue

The OP already made the promise

Rescinding his promise in order to punish his son

The original poster acknowledged that, even if he liked his son's fiancée, he wasn't sure if he would give them money for a variety of reasons. It appears that he genuinely intended to give the daughter the money in any case.

Even if he didn't need the money for anything else, Redditors had a suspicion that OP would find a reason not to give it to them. Therefore, he was declared the AH.

Maryjane